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[–] Cosmic_Priapism [S] 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Thanks for the warm welcome. I'll try my best to submit quality content. I'm gonna go lurk some first to get the gist of the subverses.

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[–] Nemesis 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Do note that Voat is still really young, so the content is not what it will be. Most things you can find here right now you can also find on reddit. The exception possibly being Atko and his tendency to actually interact with people here. The charm of Voat right now is mostly that it is free of some of the crap on reddit

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[–] Dandy 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago  (edited ago)

It's all up to us. Communities on the net always tend to grow cancerous once they grow large so I'd say enjoy our fresh little hangout while it lasts. As for what we'll do when things get less comfy, I'll see what I'm gonna do when it actually comes to it. As long as you provide quality contributions the site revolves around you, and will subsequently crash and burn if it drives us golden boys away.

For now I'm gonna man-spread and take it easy, I suggest you do the same.

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[–] Cosmic_Priapism [S] ago 

Haha cool. I figured this whole thing was a tentative project. I'm trying to think of ways that will bring some intelligence to the site rather than the "first comment" types. Think I'll sit back and "man spread", as you say, as well... with a cold one as I cup my genitals and watch this unfold and have no real effect on my life.

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[–] Dick-Tracy 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

If I manspreaded any further right now, I'd be doing yoga

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[–] Dick-Tracy 0 points 10 points (+10|-0) ago 

I just want to know: what's it gonna be like when it fills up?

Same as any other site. The time will come when we'll move off Voat and go somewhere else.

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[–] VernacularOracle 0 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago 

This. Every site has an expiry date and others' are just accelerated by an event. If a mass exodus does happen at reddit, you can bet they'll bring their circlejerks and memes along with them. If most of the user base is to be redditors, you can expect them to allow upvoat reddit-like content for familiarity and make themselves feel at home. It would become the norm, no assimilation would be needed and the karma whoring will be like picking apples from a basket instead of from the tree.

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[–] Cosmic_Priapism [S] ago 

Now is the time of the Great Reddit Diaspora.

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[–] drogean ago 

hopefully we will have a large base of people who recognize the signs that things are changing for the worse - memes, content appealing to the lowest denominators, censorship, corporate buyout, mod power abuse... etc

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[–] Swibble 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Stand up for your right to criticise from the beginning, I think that's what a lot of people here are thinking. People forgot to do that on Reddit and now only the concerns of a special few go undeleted. Circlejerks only take hold when people are hypersensitive to any hostility.

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[–] Swibble 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

If someone gets shadowbanned or has their sub stolen for being an SJW, that would be fucking hilarious, but it's never going to happen.

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[–] dirkgently 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

I'm in almost the same boat. User for over 5+ years, came over full time after the digg implosion, and steadily over the past 6 months or more I have been getting sick and tired of the shit I see over there, from the stupid ass puns that are the top of most big posts, to admins censoring shit because of the whole SJW mentality, to non censoring of subs that post illegal or borderline illegal shit until they called out on dateline or piss of major advertiser.

I still like to enjoy some cat pics here and there but the days of me putting up with the shit to get to the good is coming to an end. It used to be the good far outweighed the bad, not the scales are reversed.

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[–] crazyshinydiamond 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I'm yet another person who was sick of all the bullshit. I loved opening up reddit and reading interesting stories, seeing funny pictures, hearing about space exploration. But lately it's starting to seem like there is some kind of hidden hand guiding conversation and banning users with different opinions. I couldn't handle reading another word about SJW's, Tumblr In Action, "feminism vs men's rights" - it was a feeling I had almost every day and I couldn't quite put my finger on it. All I knew was I needed a change, and bam I heard about voat. Let's all make this site a place for open discussion, a positive attitude, and most importantly -> great content!

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[–] UmEmily 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

It's odd to recommend Digg but they've renewed and there's a really nifty RSS feed called Reader which might interest you.

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[–] Fred 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

will it be inundated with a steady stream of cat pics, memes, circle jerks, and meta bullshit?

The circlejerk here is about how much better than reddit it is. The meta bullshit is discussing how bad reddit is. /v/all is typically full of "OMG REDDIT IS SO BAD GUYS". 8 months ago when I started here it was the same problem. If someday the site gets a meaningful amount of users, maybe that will change. I doubt it though.

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